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Job Description
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1199.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Energy Auditors”.
Also Known As…
- Energy Auditors
- Residential Energy Auditor
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Home Performance Consultant
- Home Energy Rater
- Energy Rater
- Energy Consultant
- Energy Auditor
- Building Performance Specialist
- Building Performance Consultant
- Building Energy Consultant
- Resource Efficiency Manager
- Resource Conservation Manager
- Home Energy Inspector
- Home Energy Auditor
- Energy Control Officer
- Energy Conservation Technician
- Energy Conservation Representative
- Energy Audit Advisor
- Energy Analyst
- Commercial Energy Rater
- Commercial Energy Auditor
- Certified Energy Manager
Tasks for “Energy Rater”
- Analyze energy bills including utility rates or tariffs to gather historical energy usage data.
- Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
- Compare existing energy consumption levels to normative data.
- Calculate potential for energy savings.
- Prepare job specification sheets for home energy improvements, such as attic insulation, window retrofits, or heating system upgrades.
- Oversee installation of equipment such as water heater wraps, pipe insulation, weatherstripping, door sweeps, or low flow showerheads to improve energy efficiency.
- Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.
- Examine commercial sites to determine the feasibility of installing equipment that allows building management systems to reduce electricity consumption during peak demand periods.
- Recommend energy efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.
- Identify and prioritize energy saving measures.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy saving measures using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
- Inspect newly installed energy-efficient equipment to ensure that it was installed properly and is performing according to specifications.
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.
- Identify any health or safety issues related to planned weatherization projects.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- Verify income eligibility of participants in publicly financed weatherization programs.
- Quantify energy consumption to establish baselines for energy use or need.
- Measure energy usage with devices such as data loggers, universal data recorders, light meters, sling psychrometers, psychrometric charts, flue gas analyzers, amp probes, watt meters, volt meters, thermometers, or utility meters.
- Collect and analyze field data related to energy usage.
- Educate customers on energy efficiency or answer questions on topics such as the costs of running household appliances or the selection of energy efficient appliances.
Related Technology & Tools
- Flue gas analyzers
- Digital still cameras
- Draft gauges
- Light meters
- Electronic hygrothermometers
- Digital multimeters
- Digital video cameras
- Water flow meters
- Electrical circuit tracers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Air current testers
- Laptop computers
- Sling psychrometers
- Combustible gas monitors
- Manometers
- Duct probe velometers
- Smoke pens
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Personal computers
- Two way radios
- Tablet computers
- Smoke generators
- Heating system combustion analyzers
- Recording anemometers
- Insolation meters
- Blower doors
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Infrared cameras
- Electricity monitors
- Wattmeters
- Digital infrared thermometers
- Dataloggers
- Computer data input scanners
- Volt meters
- Microsoft Excel
- Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
- Microsoft Access
- dBASE
- The Weatherization Assistant
- Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Home Energy Efficient Design HEED
- EnergyPlus
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
- Performance Systems Development TREAT
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Psychrometric chart software
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Architectural Energy Corporation VisualDOE
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Architectural Energy Corporation REM/Rate
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Linux
- Stellar Processes EZ Sim
- Autodesk ECOTECT
- DesignBuilder Software DesignBuilder
- Enercom Energy Depot for Homes
- SPSS
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
- EffTec EffTrack
- Abraxas Energy Consulting Metrix
- Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Publisher
- Elite Software Energy Audit
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Structured query language SQL
- SAP
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Good Steward Software EnergyCAP
- C++
- MotorMaster+
- Trane TRACE
- Fundamental Objects foAudits
- Python
- Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
- Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
- UNIX
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
- Cool Roof Calculator
- SAS
- R
- Architectural Energy Corporation ENFORMA Building Diagnostics
- Enercom Energy Depot for Business